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Bill Brinsmead, who was a member of our electric car club back in the day--when we all built our own EVs--he has a massive vacuum tube collection. Literally thousands of tubes! It's a sight to behold. The linked article has his story & lots of photos of Bill's tube collection. This is a Soviet era tube. It's from the Duga "Russian Woodpecker" radar.

https://renonr.com/2022/04/05/the-microchips-great-grandfather-a-look-at-william-brinsmeads-collection-of-vacuum-tubes-and-other-vintage-electronics/

#Electronics #Retro #Collecting #Geek #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

A black and white portrait photo of an old vacuum tube. It is a large tube in the shape of a cylinder with a diameter equal to its height. There are many metal plates inside of the outer glass cylinder. There are cooling fins on top of the tube. At the base are several prongs for plugging it into whatever device it came out of.

Reno News & Review

The microchip’s great-grandfather: A look at William Brinsmead’s collection of vacuum tubes and vintage electronics

William Brinsmead’s collection of vacuum tubes and electronics is one of the most important private collections in the region, and possibly in the nation.

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